snails

英 [sneɪlz]

美 [sneɪlz]

n.  蜗牛
snail的复数

柯林斯词典

• 蜗牛
  Asnailis a small animal with a long, soft body, no legs, and a spiral-shaped shell. Snails move very slowly.
• PHRASE 慢吞吞地;缓慢地
  If you say that someone does somethingat a snail's pace, you are emphasizing that they are doing it very slowly, usually when you think it would be better if they did it much more quickly.
  1. The train was moving now at a snail's pace...
     火车这会儿走得跟蜗牛一样慢。
  2. The economy grew at a snail's pace in the first three months of this year.
     今年第一季度经济增速缓慢。

双语例句

• Snails can sleep for 3 years.
  蜗牛一觉能睡3年。
• These snails do not occur on low-lying coral islands or atolls.
  在地势低平的珊瑚岛或环礁上没有这种螺。
• Land snails including the common edible snail and some pests.
  蜗牛包括普通食用蜗牛和一些有害蜗牛。
• They live by gathering shellfish and snails.
  他们靠采集贝类和蜗牛为主。
• This is because frogs catch mainly soft animals like worms and snails.
  这是因为青蛙的捕食对象主要是软体动物，比如蠕虫和蜗牛。
• Walrus feed on clams, snails and other bottom dwellers.
  海象以蛤蜊、蜗牛和其他海底生物为食。
• Any of several inedible snails of the genus Helix; often destructive pests.
  螺旋属中的几种不能食用的蜗牛；是经常具有破坏性的害虫。
• The snails are no larger than one centimetre across.
  这些蜗牛体宽不超过1厘米。
• The flesh of animals ( including fishes and birds and snails) used as food.
  作为食物的动物（包括鱼、鸟和蜗牛）的肉。
• Oysters are molluscs, as are snails and cuttlefish.
  像蜗牛和乌贼一样，牡蛎是软体动物。